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CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CARROLL, IOWA
SUPPLEMENT RECORD
GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 ELECTION WARDS AND VOTING PRECINCTS
CHAPTER 4 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 7 FISCAL MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 8 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
CHAPTER 9 URBAN RENEWAL
CHAPTER 10 URBAN REVITALIZATION
CHAPTER 11 HOTEL AND MOTEL TAX
CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
CHAPTER 19 CITY TREASURER
CHAPTER 20 CITY MANAGER
CHAPTER 21 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 22 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAPTER 23 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 24 PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD
CHAPTER 25 COMMUNICATIONS UTILITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAPTER 26 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 27 AIRPORT COMMISSION
CHAPTER 28 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 35 FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
CHAPTER 43 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
CHAPTER 44 NOISE CONTROL
CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
CHAPTER 46 MINORS
CHAPTER 47 PARK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 56 DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
CHAPTER 60 ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC CODE
CHAPTER 61 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
CHAPTER 62 GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 63 SPEED REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 64 TURNING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 65 STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED
CHAPTER 66 LOAD AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
CHAPTER 67 PEDESTRIANS
CHAPTER 68 ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 69 PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 70 TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 71 PUBLIC OFF-STREET PARKING
CHAPTER 72 COURTHOUSE PARKING
CHAPTER 73 PRIVATE PARKING LOTS
CHAPTER 75 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND SNOWMOBILES
CHAPTER 76 BICYCLE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 77 IN-LINE SKATES, ROLLER SKATES AND SKATEBOARDS
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 81 RAILROAD REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
CHAPTER 93 WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES
CHAPTER 94 PRIVATE WATER WELLS
CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER 97 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
CHAPTER 98 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 99 SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
CHAPTER 100 STORM WATER UTILITY
CHAPTER 105 PUBLIC SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 112 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 113 RIGHTS-OF-WAY
CHAPTER 114 CITY ENTERPRISE FEES
CHAPTER 115 CEMETERY
CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
CHAPTER 123 PAWNBROKERS
CHAPTER 124 HOUSE MOVERS
CHAPTER 125 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 136 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 137 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
CHAPTER 138 STREET GRADES
CHAPTER 139 NAMING OF STREETS
CHAPTER 140 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
CHAPTER 141 CURB LINES
CHAPTER 145 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 146 MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES
CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
CHAPTER 151 TREES
CHAPTER 155 BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 156 SIGN CODE
CHAPTER 157 FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 158 RENTAL HOUSING CODE
CHAPTER 159 VACANT PROPERTY CODE
CHAPTER 160 EMERGENCY REPAIRS OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER 161 COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND ANTENNAS
CHAPTER 165 FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 170 ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 171 AIRPORT ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 175 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
APPENDIX TO CODE OF ORDINANCES
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155.06 BOARD OF APPEALS.
A Board of Appeals is hereby created. The Council shall approve Mayoral appointment of a Board of Appeals consisting of five members who are qualified by experience and training to pass upon matters pertaining to building construction.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 103A.13; IAC 630-5.3[5])
1.   Term. Board members are appointed for staggered terms of five (5) years. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term.
2.   Compensation. All members shall serve without compensation.
3.   Secretary. The Board shall appoint a person to serve as the Secretary of the Board. In the absence of the Secretary, the Chairperson may appoint another to serve for the meeting. The Secretary shall keep minutes of proceedings; showing the vote of each member upon question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact and shall keep records of any official actions, all of which shall be filed in the office of the Clerk.
4.   Chairperson and Meetings. The Board shall annually elect a Chairperson at the first meeting on or after January 1 of each year. The Board shall have the power to call on any City department for assistance in the performance of its duties and it shall be the duty of each department to render such assistance.
5.   Quorum. The presence of three (3) members shall be necessary for a quorum and the concurring vote of three members of the Board shall be necessary on all matters upon which it is required to consider. The Chairperson or acting Chairperson is a voting member of the Board.
6.   Rules and Regulations. The Board shall adopt, from time to time, subject to the approval of the Council, such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter.
7.   Appeals. Appeals to the Board may be taken by any person aggrieved, or by any officer, department or board of the City affected by any decision of the Building Official. Such appeal shall be taken within a reasonable time as provided by the rules of the Board by filing with the Building Official written notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Building Official shall transmit to the Board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from is taken. All decisions of the Board relating to alternate materials and methods must be forwarded to the State Building Code Commissioner for review and may be denied by the commissioner.
8.   Effect of Appeal. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the Building Official certifies to the Board that a stay would, in the opinion of the Building Official, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the Board or by a court of record on application or notice to the officer from whom appeal was taken on due cause shown.
9.   Powers. The Board shall have the power to hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the Building Official in the enforcement of State law or any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto. The Board shall have the power to review requests for use of alternate materials and methods of construction as prescribed in Section 103A.13 of the Code of Iowa. Persons submitting such request shall provide sufficient evidence or proof to substantiate any claim that may be made regarding alternate use. If the Board approves such request, the action shall be submitted to the State Building Code Commissioner for approval. The approval of the Board is not effective until approved by the State Building Code Commissioner in writing.
10.   Initiation of an Appeal. An application by an aggrieved person for an appeal shall be filed with the Building Official. The application shall be accompanied by adequate drawings and other descriptive materials constituting a record essential to understanding the appeal requested. The application shall also be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) payable to the General Fund of the City.
11.   Notice of Meeting. Notice of the time and place of the Board’s meeting and of the purpose shall be given by the Building Official not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting.
155.07 PERMITS REQUIRED.
Permits shall be required as follows:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 103A.19[6])
1.   New Construction. No person shall erect or construct a new building or structure in the City, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a separate building permit for each such building or structure from the Building Official.
2.   Existing Structures. No person shall enlarge, alter, move, improve, remove, convert, or demolish any existing building or structure in the City, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a separate building permit for each such building or structure from the Building Official provided that the proposed work exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in value.
3.   Mechanical – New Construction. No person shall install, alter, reconstruct or repair any heating, ventilating, cooling, or refrigeration equipment within or on a new building or structure unless a permit therefor has been obtained from the Building Official except as otherwise provided in this chapter. A permit shall not be required for the following:
   A.   Any portable heating appliance.
   B.   Any portable ventilating equipment.
   C.   Any portable cooling unit.
   D.   Any steam, hot, or chilled water piping within any heating or cooling equipment regulated by this chapter.
   E.   Replacement of any component part or assembly of an appliance which does not alter its original approval and complies with other applicable requirements of this chapter.
   F.   Any portable evaporative cooler.
   G.   Any refrigerating equipment which is a part of the equipment for which a permit has been issued pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
   H.   Any unit refrigerating system.
4.   Mechanical – Existing Structures. No person shall install, alter, reconstruct or repair any heating, ventilating, cooling, or refrigeration equipment within or on an existing building or structure unless a permit therefor has been obtained from the Building Official, provided that the proposed mechanical work exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in value or in the case of issuance of mechanical and plumbing permits for the building or structure that the combination of mechanical and plumbing work exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in value.
5.   Plumbing – New Construction. No person shall install any plumbing or drainage system or part thereof as defined in the Plumbing Code adopted by this chapter within or on a new building or structure unless a permit therefor has been obtained from the Building Official.
6.   Plumbing – Existing Structures. No person shall install, alter or reconstruct any plumbing or drainage system or part thereof as defined in the Plumbing Code adopted by this chapter within or on an existing building or structure unless a permit therefor has been obtained from the Building Official provided that the proposed plumbing work exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in value, or, in the case of issuance of plumbing and mechanical permits for the same building or structure, that the combination of plumbing and mechanical work exceeds $1,000.00 in value.
7.   Electrical – New Construction. No person shall install any electrical conductor or equipment subject to the provisions of the Electrical Code adopted by this chapter within or on a new building or structure unless a permit therefor has been obtained from the Building Official.
8.   Electrical – Existing Structures. No person shall install, alter, reconstruct or repair any electrical conductor or equipment subject to the provisions of the Electrical Code adopted by this chapter within or on any existing building or structure unless a permit therefor has been obtained from the Building Official, provided that the electrical work exceeds five hundred dollars ($500.00) in value.
155.08 EMERGENCY WORK.
In emergency situations, work may be initiated without first submitting a permit .application and receiving a permit therefor. However, a permit application must be submitted within a reasonable time after the passage of the critical period. With this one exception, all emergency work must be done in accordance with this chapter.
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